Monday, March 31, 2008

March Highlights

1. Will now eats regular food at every meal.
2. Will can drink "thin" liquids without aspirating.
3. PEG (feeding) tube is removed.
4. Will's speech becomes understandable.
5. Will begins to initiate activities on his own, mostly reading.
6. Will shows increased control of his soft palate--a promise of better speech to come.
7. General alertness increases over the month.

6 comments:

cristie said...

all progress...we love to hear it! xox

Sarah said...

What is Will reading?

I am Laura said...

Dear Blackhurst family-
I just found out today about all you have been through. I was a classmate of Will's at Ohio State and am now in Indiana doing residency. I hadn't heard anything until now. My heart goes out to your family. I am so glad that things are progressing well. Our family's thoughts and prayers are with you. Best of luck Will in your recovery!
Sincerely,
Ben Williams and family

Christy said...

Hey...this is will's friend christy who married will's roommate reza in february. Anyways... I am so happy that will is making such great progress. I have a thank you note I would like to send Will for a wedding present he got us, but I don't have a bountiful address!

My email is christy.frost@gmail.com

Thanks for the blog, it's great to see the progress.

Rick said...

I am one of Will's classmates from OSU and just finished a year at Riverside--we even had some micro classes together at BYU. Today I heard the news about Will and went through the shock and sorrow of the situation. Thank you for publishing this blog which has given me much more hope than I had. Will is a fantastic guy and a fighter. We will pray for him.

Misti Lee said...

I just recently heard about what happened with Will. I lived in Ohio with him for a few years. I am in Utah now and it is so good to hear about is progress and the things that are happening. Good luck with everything.